break
英 [breɪk]
美[brek]
	    - v. 打破;折断;弄坏;削弱
 - vt. (使)破;打破(纪录);(常指好天气)突变;开始
 - vi. (嗓音)突变;突破;破晓;(价格)突然下跌
 - n. 破裂;间断;(持续一段时间的状况的)改变;间歇
 - n. (Break)人名;(英)布雷克
 
英英释意
- 1. some abrupt occurrence that interrupts;
 - "the telephone is an annoying interruption"
 - "there was a break in the action when a player was hurt"
 
- 2. an unexpected piece of good luck;
 - "he finally got his big break"
 
- 3. (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other;
 - "they built it right over a geological fault"
 
- 4. a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions);
 - "they hoped to avoid a break in relations"
 
- 5. a pause from doing something (as work);
 - "we took a 10-minute break"
 - "he took time out to recuperate"
 
- 6. the act of breaking something;
 - "the breakage was unavoidable"
 
- 7. a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
 
- 8. breaking of hard tissue such as bone;
 - "it was a nasty fracture"
 - "the break seems to have been caused by a fall"
 
- 9. the occurrence of breaking;
 - "the break in the dam threatened the valley"
 
- 10. the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool
 
- 11. (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving;
 - "he was up two breaks in the second set"
 
- 12. an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity;
 - "it was presented without commercial breaks"
 
- 13. a sudden dash;
 - "he made a break for the open door"
 
- 14. any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare;
 - "the break in the eighth frame cost him the match"
 
- 15. an escape from jail;
 - "the breakout was carefully planned"